Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis: Biography in Details

Who is Richard Curtis?

Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis is a British screenwriter, producer, and film director known as Richard Curtis. Richard Curtis is one of Britain’s most successful comedy screenwriters.

He is famous for his romantic comedy films like Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), and About Time (2013).

Richard Curtis: Bio, Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Nationality

Richard Curtis was born on 8th November 1956 in Wellington, New Zealand. He is the son of Glyness S. (mother) and Anthony J. Curtis (father).

Similarly, he has a brother Jamie Curtis. His father moved to Australia when he was thirteen as he was a Czechoslovakian refugee.

His family lived in several countries during his childhood like Sweden, and the Philippines before moving to Britain. Likewise, he belongs of British nationality and his ethnicity is unknown.

In which school did Richard Curtis attend?

Talking about his education, he attended Papplewick School, Ascot, Berkshire. He also attended Appleton Grammar School before he won a scholarship to Harrow School.

Similarly, he achieved a first-class Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature at Christ Church, Oxford.

Richard Curtis: Professional Life, Career

Richard Curtis is one of Britain’s most successful comedy screenwriters famous for his romantic comedy films, among them Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Love Actually, and About Time.

Similarly, he is also famous for the drama War Horse (2011), and for having co-written the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Vicar of Dibley.

In the year 2007, he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest award given to a filmmaker by the British Film Academy(BAFTA).

At the 2008 Britannia Awards, he received the BAFTA Humanitarian Award for co-creating Comic Relief and his contributions to other charitable causes.

Likewise, in the year 2008, Richard Curtis was ranked number 12 in a list of the “100 most powerful people in British culture” compiled by The Telegraph.

In the year 2012, he was one of the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork—the cover of The Beatles’ album Sgt.

Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He is the co-founder, with Sir Lenny Henry, of the British charity Comic Relief, which has raised more than £1 billion.

Awards, Nominations

Richard Curtis was nominated for Academy Award in the category of Best Original Screenplay for Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Similarly, he won Emmy Awards for the category Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special for The Girl in the Café.

Likewise, he won BAFTA for Academy Fellowship and was nominated for BAFTA for Love.

Richard Curtis: Net Worth, Salary

The estimated net worth of Richard Curtis is around $30 million.

His movie About Time was made with a budget of $12 million which collected $87 million. He is very successful in his career so he might have earned a huge amount of money.

Similarly, he has not disclosed his salary and income. He has a country house in Walberswick, Suffolk.

Is Richard Curtis involved in any rumors and controversies?

In October 2010, the short film Richard “No Pressure” was released by the 10:10 campaign in Britain to promote climate change politics. Similarly, the film depicted a series of scenes in which people were asked if they were going to participate in the 10:10 campaign.

It said that there was “no pressure” to do so, but if they did not, they were blown up at the press of a red button. The organization’s website later removed the video.

In March 2011, he apologized due to the complaint by the British Stammering Association about 2011 Comic Relief’s opening skit. It was a parody by Lenny Henry of the film The King’s Speech.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Richard Curtis has a height of 5 feet 9 inches and his weight is unknown. Similarly, his hair color is light and he has blue color eyes.

Social Media

Richard Curtis is not active on social media. As he does not have Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.

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